The ANSES (National Social Security Administration) will pay an ex gratia and lifetime pension to the relatives of people with essential jobs who died as a result of the coronavirus between March 1 and September 30, 2020.
The amount of the pension for coronavirus It is equivalent to two minimum retirement assets, that is, 58,124 pesos and the figure will be updated according to the mobility increases corresponding to ordinary retirements. Recipients will receive lifetime assistance due to the loss of a loved one due to the illness.
The provision was made official by presidential decree on December 17 of last year and establishes that people who apply for assistance coronavirus they will start charging it when you make the request and they will not have to wait for it to be approved, due to the time the process takes.
In 2020, a regulation was announced that exempts workers considered essential from paying Income Tax and included the creation of the new life pension, which benefits mostly the relatives of health workers who were on the front line against the pandemic.
The ANSES clarified that this pension for the COVID-19 It can be charged even if the family member has previously registered for another of the institution’s benefits. However, it is not compatible with national, provincial, municipal or City of Buenos Aires non-contributory pensions.
Although to access the benefit, those who died during the first seven months of 2020 are considered, the Government does not rule out the possibility of considering those who lost their lives beyond September 30, due to the continuity of the state of emergency.
Who is considered for the pension
Relatives of people who worked in essential professions or trades at the time of contagion will be taken into accountamong them there are professionals, technicians or assistants from the gastronomic sectors, maintenance, cleaning, operational personnel and public or private health systems.
They are also considered: the personnel of the Armed Forces, the Security Forces, workers of the migratory activity, customs, firefighters, waste collectors and pathogenic waste collectors who provide services related to the health emergency.
The surviving spouses of the worker who died due to coronaviruspartners and unmarried children up to 21 years of age, but in the case of a person with a disability, up to 25 years of age may be considered.
